Savannah-Chatham police and U.S. Marshals have arrested two Savannah men charged with pimping for three teenage girls ages 15 and 14.

Colby Bragg, 21, was arrested Monday by police officers at the W.W. Law Center on three charges of statutory rape, pimping and possession of marijuana.

Stephone Brown, 21, was arrested Tuesday morning by the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and police officers on President Street and charged with two counts of human trafficking and pimping for a person under age 18.

Authorities said the girls told Savannah-Chatham Special Victims Unit investigators that they were given alcohol and marijuana and were paid to have sex with multiple adult men at the same time on several occasions.

The case is one in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation exposed a human trafficking ring operating in Georgia and other states, said police spokesman Julian Miller.

Savannah-Chatham police are continuing to investigate the case and other human trafficking reports, Miller said.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Crimestoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637). Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.

A confidential Tip Line also is open directly to investigators at 912-525-3124.

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The young men are of course to blame and should be punished severely for trafficking minor girls. But, unless I am totally off base, it sounds like the girls took the alcohol and the weed and the money willingly, and participated willingly in sex with adult men. Where is the parenting indeed. The question is not only why were the girls so unsupervised, but also why didn't their parents or whatever family member was their guardian impart to them basic values and imbue them with self-respect and self-preservation. How tragic that mere teens come to such experiences and exploitation. No easy answers will be had to these problems, I know. I hope that at least the girls are helped and go on to lead lives that are better, fuller and richer in their experiences.